Baby-swing hanger



3 H 3 9 A, e E m s E F H W I'm w May 13 1924.

BABY SW1 NG HANGER Filed Nov. 28. 1922 1n 114-1 1 Tot Patented May 13, 1924.

WII-LIAI J. WHITESIDE, OF KEEWATIN, MINNESOTA.

' l BABY-SWING BANG-EB.

Application fled November 28, 1922. Serial 11b. 808,827.

To all wiwmit may concern:

Be it known that I, Wnmnur J. Warrasmn citizen of the United States, residing at lieewatin, in the county of Itasca and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby- Swing Hangers, of which the following is a s ecification.

is invention relates to an improved baby swin hanger and seeks, as one of its principal o jects, to provide a device whereby a baby swing or the like may be easily sus ended from the casing of a doorway, are way or other similar portal.

The invention seeks as a further object to rovide a device which maylbe engaged wit the casing of a door or t e like without marring the casing and which may be easily ap lied or removed.

And t e invention has as a still further object to provide a device which, ma be adjusted to suit casings of difierent widths and thicknesses.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my imroved device in connection with a doorway and illustratin the manner in which the device is adapte to support a baby swing in the doorway.

Figure 2 is a sectional view more particularly bringing out the structural details o the device, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view particularly showin one of the suspension hooks of the device.

In carrying the invention into efiect, I employ companion suspension hooks indicated for convenience at IQ and 11 respectively. These hooks may each be formed from a strip of suitable resilient sheet metal and are provided with elongated shanks 12 in which are produced longitudinall directed slots 13, and overlying the hoo s at their inner sides are facing strips 13' of felt or the like. Connecting the hooks is a cross rod comprisi a tubular section 14 into which is threads a complemental section 15preferably provided with a ball head 16. At its outer end the section 14 is formed with a reduced stud 17 extending freely through the slot 13 of the hook 10 and provided with a circular head 18 slidably connecting the section with the hook. In a hanger of the character described, 110' Similarly, the section 15 extends freely throu h the slot 13 of the hook 11 and is prov1 ed with an annular shoulder 19 slidably1 and rotatably connecting the section wit said hook. Enga ed with the hook shanks at their lower en are short lengths of chain 20 and suspended by said chains is a swivel link 21.

In order that the manner-of use of my improved device maybe clearly understood,

have in the drawin s, shown the device a plied to the casing o a conventional door.

e usual side trim at the top of the doorway is indicated at 22 while the customa moulding strips at the top edges of the sidb trim are indicated at 23. As will be observed, the hooks 10 and 11 are shaped to engage over the mouldin strips fitting thereabout so that the sh of the hooks will lie flat against the side trim 22 of the casing. After the hooks have been so arran in position, the cross rod between the ooks is lifted to abut the casing when the section 15 of said rod is rotated by means of the ball head 16 for clamping the hooks in en agement with the casing. The rod will t us hold the hooks against lateral movement to become disengaged from the moulding strips 23 and will also limit the hooks against upward movement so that the device will thus be securely attached to the casing. Furthermore, it is to be noted that by employing the slots 13 in the shanks of the hooks, provision is made whereby the cross rod may be shifted vertically to accommodate casings of different depths while, of course, the rod may be adjustably elonted to accommodate casings of diflerent t icknesses. The device is thus ada ted for a wide ran e of use. Having app ied the device, a ha y swing, as conventionally indicated as a whole at 24, may be readily engaged with the swivel link 21 of the device to be suspended within the doorway. I accordingly provide a particularly simple and efiicient hanger for the purpose set forth and while I have indicated that the device is particularly intended for use as a baby swing hanger, still, I do not wish to be limited in this regard since, as will now be clear, the device is well adapted for use as a hanger for other purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

the combination of a (flair of flat plates bent near their upper en to form hooks and provided at their lower end portions with longitudinal slots, a tubular rod section provided at its outer end with a reduced stud slidably fitting through the slot of one of said lates and provided with a head rotatab y connecting the rod section with the plate, a companion rod section shdably fi tting through the slot of the other of said plates and provided w1th a shoulder rotatably connecting the latter rod section with said plate, the latter rod section bemg 'p ate, suspension chains attached to the lower ends of said plates, and a swivel link connecting the chains and permanently limiting the plates a ainst com lete separation. In testimony w ereof I a niy si ature.

WILLIAM J. WHITESID L. 8.] 

